, 1887-06-16
THINGS ABOUT wARDNER.
A Grist of Items CulIed from the New

The last run of ore from the Moihe
lode yielded 500.
The workings of the Treasurer
Box company are kept profound
secret.
The Williamson brothers are build
ing road to the Treasure Box mine.
Six Occur dAlene miners have
started for Africa to seek their for
tune in the dark continent.
Report says small force of men
are ut work developing the mines
of the Golden King company.
The NiCkerson Brothers have
sluiced on their claim on Trail creek
to depth of over twenty feet.
The hydraulic works of the Occur
d'Alene Water company at Raven
are In successful operation.
About 100 men are prospecting on
Canyon and Nine Mile creeks some
good locations have been made.
The Capital saloon, at Murray,
was sold this week at Sheriff's sale,
for 81, 77.77. ID. Bolzman was the
purchaser.
A number of men have been en-
gagged i'm blowing out stumps and
cleaning tine road between Kellogg
and Wardner Junction.
Commencing on next Tuesday
the Wardner News will be issued as
morning tri.weekly, the days of
publication being Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday.
Parties returning from st. Regis
report it Is too early in the season
for any emigration in that direction.
The water is very high and consid-
cradle snow yet remains on the
ranges.
The county commissioners have
purchased Stewart Fuller's build
ings, at the corner of Main and
Keeler streets, Murray, for S3,35O.
This will place the court house
and county offices under the same
roof.
A new discovery called the Argen-
tine has been made west of the Kill
buck. A fine body Of ore is in sight.
William Coad, Levi WoodIing,
John Doctors and others are work
ing on the Arizona claim on Gold
Run with good results.
The Fay TempletUn lode on Pony
gulch is daily improving in appear
ance. An assay of some ore made
this week by MIR. Schufeldt of the
Golden Chest mine shows SS1 in gold
and So 40 in silver.
Lee George is pushing work Wig
orously on the Killbuck lode on
Lake creek. The upper tunnel is in
100 feet. A contract has been let to
run another tunnel of 500 feet at the
foot of the mountain. Two shifts
are employed on the new work. At
a distance OF twenty-five feet ore
similar to the original strike has
been uncovered.
Warren Hussey rode over from
Murray on Thursday. He pur-
chased yesterday lot No. II in block
o, the corner where Tom Irwin
opened the first restaurant in town,
Mr.. Hussey intends to commence
the erection Of new bank as soon as
brick can be secured for fire proof
vault, which he thinks will be in
about ten days.
Patrick Clark, the we'll known
mine operator of Butte, and owner
of the bond on the Poorman and La
lande lodes on Canyon creek, arrived
in Wardner Wednesday. He has
now over twenty men at work on
the property. The main or lower
tunnel Is in rs feet showing between
four and five feet of first-class ore.
In tunnel No. 2, about $50 feet above,
five feet OF solid galena has been
struck at a distance Of ten feet, the
ore assaying as high as the original
strike. Mr.. Clark has also started
work on IA third tunnel $50 feet still
higher up the mountain. In this the
lead has also been struck showing a
fine body of carbonate ore, assaying
69 per cent lead and 40 ounces in sill
yer.
The long standing dispute OF own
ership of the Crown Point Eureka
mine was happily settled on We'd
nesday evening, when John Seven
oaks and associates bought the prop
erty for large sum of money and
reconciled the contending parties,
who relinquished further litigation.
Mr.. SevenOaks In company with Mr..
Q. II. Knowles spent fifteen days in
Wardner endeavoring to cnnciliate
the parties and procure undisputed
title to the property. Much praise is
due both gentlemen for bringing to a
happy issue the long controve-
sy existing, procuring q mine
that with proper handling will prove
one OF the great bonanzas of Cnur
d'Alene. Before purchasing Mr..
Sevenoaks had Prof. Clayton thor
oughly examine the property; his
annexed report will be read with in
tercst. The facilities for working
the mine have no superior in the
country. 1t Is the intention of the
owners to put up concentrating
works Immediately, having a water
power of sufficient capacity for 500
tons per day. The works will he
near the railroad and n wire tram
way Will he built to convey the ore.
Messr>. ;SrvenOaks and Knowles left
for Portland ol thursday morning,
but Will return to Wardner in two
weeks. Work will then be com
nenced or Hn extensive scale ana
another grand enterprise will be
added to the won,crful develop
ments of the South Fork.
a number of the firemen were out
~ M. CD.